S. 4662: PROTECT Law Enforcement Officers Act of 2020
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S. 4662: PROTECT Law Enforcement Officers Act of 2020
116th Congress · introduced 2020-09-23 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-09-23 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
PROTECT Law Enforcement Officers Act of 2020
Plain summary
Penalizing Radicals and Others who Thwart Emergency Care and Transportation for Law Enforcement Officers Act of 2020 or the PROTECT Law Enforcement Officers Act of 2020 This bill establishes a new criminal offense for preventing or attempting to prevent a law enforcement officer from accessing emergency medical services for an injury caused by a criminal act or incurred in the line of duty. An individual who engages in this conduct is subject to criminal penalties--a fine, a prison term of up to 20 years, or both. If death results, the prison term may be for a term of any years or for life. In a prosecution of this offense, the government is not required to prove that the defendant knew the law enforcement officer suffered an injury caused by a criminal act or incurred in the line of duty.
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Official text
PROTECT Law Enforcement Officers Act of 2020
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · 1 cosponsors
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Thom Tillis (R-NC)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s4662.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s4662 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116